Are we at that point where Popularity is ow the Measure of Greatness in Society?

[programmer3666]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

[Africolo]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

When it comes to comparison Wizkid can't be compared to Fela when it comes to music, Fela is a demigod in music this is someone that invented afrobeat that we have today and he used his music to speak against the bad government during his time while he was alive so for someone like Wizkid to come out to say he is bigger than Fela is an insult to the music icon and he needs to apologize for that utterance.

Due to the advancement in the world now and the introduction of technology couple with the presence of social media it now looks as if the current set of musician are more popular but even at that Fela was still very popular without the presence of social media that's to tell you how great Fela was, no matter the provocative words between the Son Seun kuti and Wizkid he went very far to say that, cash out and the amount of money made by this current set of musician can't equate greatness of Fela, he remains a legend.

[Crypto_Timothy]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

When I see trends like this i just take them as farming engagement on social media because even the Wizkid himself respect Fela and knows he won't be any where at the top without the inspirartion and sacrifices Fela made during the early time when music was also used as a means of weapon fighting against the governent and also as a tool used to expand and reach to many people. Fela did to Nigeria what Michael Jackson did to the enter world not limiting Fela but that was the pull they had back in the day. Now with modern technology and accessibility it is very easy to become popoular and sell music meanwhile back then if your were popular it wa because you stood behind something big and Fela stood behind freedom and oppression from the government

[Ndabagi01]

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

Technological advancement has really made people think that they’re better than their predecessors just because during their own time, there was nothing like that and they were not known all over the world. They forget to know that most of the impact those people had from their people were natural ones and has nothing to do with online engagements and bought likes from the public.

Wizkid can never be compared to Fela because he’s far better than him in all ramifications, apologizing to the family is very important. Maybe he has been blinded by fame and money, and with such utterances, he has laid a foundation of more dishonesty for upcoming musicians to have on their predecessors. If he doesn’t apologize and change his ways, he’ll be talked down on one day by another musician which he clearly is bigger than.

[programmer3666]

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When it comes to comparison Wizkid can't be compared to Fela when it comes to music, Fela is a demigod in music this is someone that invented afrobeat that we have today and he used his music to speak against the bad government during his time while he was alive so for someone like Wizkid to come out to say he is bigger than Fela is an insult to the music icon and he needs to apologize for that utterance.

Due to the advancement in the world now and the introduction of technology couple with the presence of social media it now looks as if the current set of musician are more popular but even at that Fela was still very popular without the presence of social media that's to tell you how great Fela was, no matter the provocative words between the Son Seun kuti and Wizkid he went very far to say that, cash out and the amount of money made by this current set of musician can't equate greatness of Fela, he remains a legend.

 I think this is also why many of our past legends are being disrespected today. This generation is not really a student of history and that’s a very sad thing. When people don’t understand what others did before them, they judge greatness only by what they see now, not by the sacrifices and impact that came earlier. We really need to read about the past legends and their struggles!.

[C10H15N]

No.  I think we are moving past peak societal stupid.

COVID taught many of us that that the farmers, truck drivers, factory / health care workers, and the kids that stock the shelves at the grocery store are much more important to out lives than celebrities.

[Berry2d]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

That is the myopic mindset of one-sided Nigerian citizens, if not for lack of knowledge who do you think can compare wizkid to fela when we all know both are incomparable. Apart from the fact that wizkid was opportune to receive some awards that never came because of what comes out of his mouth but rather what they practice do you think anyone will know wizkid. Among all i dont blame anyone comparing both, i blame wizkid for thinking of such in the first place because even him know he is a singer that cannot speak out the truth when needed the way fela does that even contributed to his death.

[AmaGold70]

Wizkid can not compare himself with fela in terms of greatness, fela is very far better than wizkid. Fela was a freedom activist and loved by every reasonable Nigerian except the politicians who are exploiting our country Nigeria. Fela did not give up in saying the truth despite the pressure he was receiving from the Nigerian policial leaders for continuing to criticize them for their maladministration and not until he was killed, he did not stop saying the truth using music.
Wizkid is only interested in making money from music and does not sing for the wellness of the country Nigeria at large. Conclusively, Fela Ransom Kuti is very far better than wizkid when it comes to speaking the truth despite all effort to stop him, and greatness is found in speaking the truth despite pressures rather than just singing for money.

[ArabBTC]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

In this generation people tend to respect money more, they pay less concern for legacy and standards so am not surprised that people will pick Wizkid above Fela, this generations are more bothered about the current trends they pay less attention to impact.

However both artists are good in there various generations and preference always come in whenever two things or two people are compared so i won’t completely blame anyone that picks Wizkid over Fela because everyone is entitled to his own opinion and preference. Every hero is celebrated more during his time, Wizkid is currently in his time whereas Fela reigned more in the past you don’t expect this Genz generations that didn’t really encounter much of Fela to celebrate him more than Wizkid that they are currently listening to. Ronaldinho of Brazil was outstanding during when he was playing football back then but the truth is if you ask any young football supporter now whom they prefer they will definitely chose Ronaldo or Messi. So also Ronaldo and Messi own era will soon elapse and a new generation will arise and reign it’s just a normal life phenomenon.

[Africolo]

Few weeks ago social media was buzzing with arguments that Wizkid is greater than Fela, simply because Wizkid cashed out more in this generation of digital advancement, that logic just got me thinking. Because if we go by that reasoning,  the it simply means all because Jesus didn’t accumulate wealth while on earth, that automatically translate that today’s rich pastors are greater than him, even though they are clearly operating on a foundation he laid. That sounds very funny and annoying at the same time!!! But yet we apply the same thinking in music.

Have we reached a point where money, numbers and visibility matter more than impact, sacrifice and legacy?
Or Does cashout automatically equal greatness or are we confusing commercial success with historical significance?

In this generation people tend to respect money more, they pay less concern for legacy and standards so am not surprised that people will pick Wizkid above Fela, this generations are more bothered about the current trends they pay less attention to impact.

However both artists are good in there various generations and preference always come in whenever two things or two people are compared so i won’t completely blame anyone that picks Wizkid over Fela because everyone is entitled to his own opinion and preference. Every hero is celebrated more during his time, Wizkid is currently in his time whereas Fela reigned more in the past you don’t expect this Genz generations that didn’t really encounter much of Fela to celebrate him more than Wizkid that they are currently listening to. Ronaldinho of Brazil was outstanding during when he was playing football back then but the truth is if you ask any young football supporter now whom they prefer they will definitely chose Ronaldo or Messi. So also Ronaldo and Messi own era will soon elapse and a new generation will arise and reign it’s just a normal life phenomenon.

Truly, in this era people value fame more than the legacies that is created even in death i will still choose Fela over Wizkid not that Wizkid is not great but we should honour who is due and deserving, Fela's music passed a message to the world and he spoke against bad governance during his time even when he was arrested on several occasions he was still fearless and was raising his voice, that's a true spirit of a leader, no matter the fame Wizkid might have attained Fella is still the greatest and the founder of afrobeats that has taken over the world today.

As a football lover even with the presentation of Ronaldo and Messi, Gaucho Ronaldinho is still one of the greatest footballers of our time and I'm sure even Messi and Ronaldo will choose him over themselves that's what is called respect for legends. Everyone has an era when they reign and others comes up but truth be told Fella left a legacy behind which I'm not sure Wizkid can break.

[Jubilee58]

In terms of greatness and even popularity fela is far better than Wizkid. Fela Ransom Kuti was singing for the freedom of Nigerians, because he saw Nigeria leaders and government was not doing the right thing. He was not singing for money or gain favour from this politicians. Fela Ransom Kuti did not relent in his effort to free Nigerians from leadership oppression through music, the government in power then, hated him, and made several attempts to stop him. However, all the efforts they made was to no avail.

What Fela Ransom Kuti did, is entirely different from what wizkid is doing, wizkid is only singing to make money for himself, and is even loved by the federal government. Wizkid is never a threat to the Nigerian government just like fela Ransom Kuti, for this reasons, Fela Ransom Kuti is far greater than wizkid.

[Biirakedee]

In terms of greatness and even popularity fela is far better than Wizkid. Fela Ransom Kuti was singing for the freedom of Nigerians, because he saw Nigeria leaders and government was not doing the right thing. He was not singing for money or gain favour from this politicians. Fela Ransom Kuti did not relent in his effort to free Nigerians from leadership oppression through music, the government in power then, hated him, and made several attempts to stop him. However, all the efforts they made was to no avail.

What Fela Ransom Kuti did, is entirely different from what wizkid is doing, wizkid is only singing to make money for himself, and is even loved by the federal government. Wizkid is never a threat to the Nigerian government just like fela Ransom Kuti, for this reasons, Fela Ransom Kuti is far greater than wizkid.

I get ur point but Abeg make we no mix this this up because fela kuti and wizkid wey u de try compare so no even play the same role for the country. One na legendary, the other ma newbie plus fela stands for activism, his music was a weapon, he challenged the government spoke the truth and that’s why the government got in arrested locked him and beat him up, na the price wey baba pay be that and that greatness de beyond fame. Unlike wizkid, that one just represent global success, he carry Nigeria music for head, carry am globally build him brand and open ways for others as well. That one to ma greatness o , no get me wrong but u no go compare there two. The real question no be who better pass but na are we judging greatness by impact or by how dem take de popular because popularity fit make u famous but e no mean say u de greater than person wey change lives of so many people, still fight for a cause.